Como vs Parma - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh from an historical occurrence successful Europe, Como volition instrumentality to home work connected Monday evening, erstwhile they invited Parma to Stadio Sinigaglia.

After beating RB Leipzig successful the Champions League, the hosts person won their past 2 matches 4-1; meanwhile, the visitors person lone claimed 1 Serie A point truthful far.

Match preview

Adapting seamlessly to the situation of Champions League football, European rookies Como started their league-phase run by sweeping Leipzig aside connected Thursday evening. 

Less than a decennary aft dwelling successful Italy's 4th tier, the Lariani demonstrated their continental imaginable nether Cesc Fabregas, whose squad enactment connected a fearless amusement astatine the Sinigaglia.

His broadside had started Serie A with 3 distant games portion the lakeside stadium was upgraded to conscionable UEFA regulations, but they returned to location turf with an emphatic 4-1 win, acknowledgment to 2 goals successful either half.

Tougher tests are to come, but Como surely laid down a marker with their typically ascendant display, and they tin look guardant to facing Feyenoord successful Rotterdam adjacent month. 

However, Fabregas has called for calm portion stating the request for his young squad to execute doubly a week, and different hurdle awaits them connected Monday.

After an opening gully with Udinese, past back-to-back wins implicit Napoli and Genoa, Como are unbeaten successful 9 games dating backmost to the extremity of past play - and their caller grounds against Parma is precise favourable.

Following a 1-0 decision determination successful May, Parma person won nary of the past 7 clashes successful Como, crossed some Serie B and Serie A.

The Gialloblu were besides near empty-handed aft their archetypal 2 Serie A fixtures of the caller season, failing to station either a constituent oregon a extremity earlier past week's crippled against Monza.

Teenage guardant Simone Lontani ended some droughts by scoring the equaliser successful a 1-1 gully astatine Stadio Tardini, wherever they had antecedently crashed retired of the Coppa Italia to Cremonese.

Carlos Cuesta's broadside finished safely successful mid-table but struggled to people past season, and pursuing the summertime exit of Mateo Pellegrino they person tallied conscionable 8 shots connected people this term.

Having besides mislaid their past 3 distant games without scoring - 1 of which was against Como - expectations whitethorn beryllium debased erstwhile they sojourn Lombardy.

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Team News

After Fabregas made conscionable 1 alteration to Como's XI for their Champions League debut, determination whitethorn beryllium a much important turnover for 2 home games earlier the planetary break.

Recent accomplishment Moise Kean volition situation past term's apical scorer Tasos Douvikas for enactment up front, with respective forwards having already recorded aggregate goals and assists this season.

Douvikas, Nico Paz, Martin Baturina and Assane Diao - who has recovered the nett 3 times successful his past 2 appearances - each diagnostic connected that list.

Only semipermanent absentee Jayden Addai is presently injured, truthful Fabregas volition person plentifulness of options to take from; meanwhile, his compatriot Cuesta could beryllium missing respective men.

Parma midfielder Hans Nicolussi Caviglia is inactive sidelined by a groin injury; Adrian Bernabe and Ousmane Diallo are some doubts.

Sascha Britschgi was withdrawn from the gully against Monza with a sound but should beryllium acceptable to play connected Monday evening.

Como imaginable starting lineup:

Butez; Smolcic, Chalobah, Ramon, Kaiki; Perrone, Da Cunha; Diao, Paz, Baturina; Kean

Parma imaginable starting lineup:

Corvi; Delprato, Carlos, Troilo; Britschgi, Keita, Ordonez, Fabbian, Valeri; Lontani, Toure

We say: Como 2-0 Parma

It whitethorn instrumentality clip for Como to go acquainted with an aggravated schedule, but they person plentifulness of squad extent to woody with that caller challenge.

Blessed with specified talent, Fabregas tin present caller legs earlier kickoff and during the match, leaving goal-shy Parma with small imaginable of picking up a point.

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